Parking Offences: Fines
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy review the level of fines that local authorities can levy in relation to illegal parking.
Answered by Alex Norris
While councils are responsible for their own parking arrangements, we are determined to reduce costs for motorists which is why we keep a limit on the fines councils can give. These limits can be found in The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022.
In addition to those limits, government published statutory guidance on local authority parking contraventions which makes clear that parking charges should be proportionate, meaning authorities should not set them at unreasonable levels.
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